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s. R. HOPKINS.

OOUPON BOND.

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S. R. HOPKINS. GOUPON'BOND.

No. 489,956. Patented Jar 1 1'7, 1893.

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SELDEN R. HOPKINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COUPON-BOND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,956, dated January17, 1893. Application filed April 14, 1892. Serial No. 429,094. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SELDEN R. HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coupon-Bonds; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,

to handle, easily counterfeited,and afford little opportunity for thedisplay of the engravers art, or space for printing or signatures.

The object of this invention is to obviate these inconveniences anddisadvantages, and I accomplish this object generally by reducing thesize of the bonds, making the coupons of substantially thesame size aschecks, notes, drafts, and other commercial papers which pass current,and arranging and combining the two in the form of a book in a mostconvenient form for carrying, handling, and pro tection from injury.

In the accompanying drawings illustrative of the invention Figure 1 is aperspective View of a coupon bond book, the top cover and flap beingthrown back, and the bond out-spread. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thesame, the bond being folded over so as to expose the tally sheet on theback.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the twoviews.

A denotes the top or front cover, B the back or under cover, and G theinclosing flap of the book.

D is abond, fastened at one of its side edges securely in place to theinside of the cover of the book by pasting, stitching, or other mannerof binding. The bond is intended to be folded at the dotted lines a, a,so as to be entirely inclosed by the cover of the book when closed.

The form, shape or style of the bond is of no consequence to theinvention, and may be varied as desired.

The coupons E are preferably printed separately in folios and foldedlike the pages of a book. They are attached at their upper edge to thecover B or back of the book by pasting, stitching, or other kind ofbinding. Near their upper edges the leaves on which the coupons areprinted have a line of perforations, as at b, b, to facilitate thedetachment of the coupons. The coupons should be numbered consecutivelyto correspond with the ruled and numbered lines on the tally sheet, andshould also be marked with the number of the bond to whichtheybelong,and the amount for which they are good. As before stated,these coupons are intended to be made of practically the same size asbank checks, drafts, notes, and other commercial papers, the objectbeing to facilitate handling and filing and passing the same, to reducetheir liability to be lost, and to permit them to be made payable uponorder or special indorsenient. Also to afford ample space andopportunity for fine engravers work, for ornamental purposes, and toprevent fraudulent alterations or counterfeiting. The tally sheet may ifpreferredbe printed on the inside of the flap C or top cover A. Any sizeof bond or style of ornamentation preferred may be adopted in printingthe bond or coupons, and any shape of book may be selected. .As thebonds and attached coupons are completely protected by the cover whenclosed, there is obviously no liability of their being worn, damaged, orsoiled in being carried about handled, or filed away.

The bond and its coupons I prefer to engrave separately, and bind themin book form as heretofore described.

A variety of skilled labor may in this manner be employed, first inengraving the bonds and coupons, and then in making up the book andfastening or securing such bonds and coupons in their proper places.

Though as herein described the invention is more particularly adaptedfor coupon bonds,

it is not, of course, limited thereto, but is applicable to all kinds ofinterest bearing certificates of indebtedness to which coupons areusually attached.

Havingthus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination of the back or cover B, the front ortop cover A, the bond D, and the coupons E, the bond being attached atone edge to the part A and the coupons being separate from the bond,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the back or cover B,

the top or front cover A, the inclosing flap, the bond D, the latterattached at one edge only to the inside of the front cover, and thecoupons E separate from the bond and attached to the back B, all as andfor the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. SELDEN R. HOPKINS. Witnesses:

L. L. HOPKINS, JOHN MORELL.

